[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever]
RE: Tina “This week the Lens-Artists team invites you to join us in exploring the magic of light.“
“I see the lights, I see the party lights
They’re red and blue and green
Everybody in the crowd’s there
But you won’t let me make a scene”
–Claudine Clark
Yesterday… [YESTERDAY!]
“Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away” –The Beatles
…I made an unplanned midday stop at The Denver Botanic Gardens. Armed only with my iPhone X camera, which I’ve found doesn’t do a bad job for subjects in close proximity, m’lady and I were gob-smacked at the plethora (PLETHORA!) of August blooms and colors, even in overhead sunshine. Thus I feel compelled to dash off an initial response to Tina’s Challenge.
Photos are untouched, with the exception of a bit of zooming, which I almost always find is needed for a good display. Open and zoom more for light and shadow!
[Let me know if the photo gallery below appears as a black rectangle, but it appears to be working better this post. If not, try a page refresh. Click on it anyway to open a photo. Leave me a comment. Thanks.]
Stay safe, stay well, let there be light!
Whatever happened to that light at the end of the tunnel we so anticipated in May/June! Gorgeous shots, think it’s time I upgrade to iPhone X!
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Thank you Lindy.
“But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel
The inside might be as black as the night
But at the end of the tunnel there’s a light.” –Starlight Express, the musical
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Yes, you’ve got some nice light here
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Thank you!
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Thanks for brightening my morning. Great stop!
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🙏👍
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I see your black Square ⬛ 😆
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😱🤬 Refresh page help? Click on black open it anyway? It’s a Cloudup/AutomatticCo/Wordpress ‘feature’. 🤯
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Can’t open it..yuck
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Hmmm. Sorry!!!
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Reblogged this on Fast Twitch NZ.
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Great clarity John, certainly an exceptional use of light 🙂
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Thank you. It was a bright, colorful day.
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Hi, John. Lovely, lovely!! Beautiful flowers, beautiful light.
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Thank you Patti.
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You had some lovely light for your day with the flowers John – quite beautiful indeed!
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Thank you Tina.
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Wonderful gallery!!!
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Thank you Ana!
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Gallery works fine for me. The photos are magnificent!
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Thank you Sofia. 🙏
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Great gallery John. Love the flowers and lighting. The clouds reflected in the water with the plants are so good 🙂 🙂
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Thank you. The reflections were good that day, with a partly sunny sky.
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I finally figured out that I can scroll the entire gallery enlarged by clicking on the right-pointing arrow at the bottom. You may have mentioned that in previous posts, but I didn’t notice it until today.
In any case, I enjoyed viewing the gallery, nice response to the theme!
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Glad you like it. Thank you. (I had not mentioned the arrow. I figured some would experiment and find it.)
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Great pictures, dear John. The colours are well reinforced by the black frame. It’s a beautiful gallery.
Thanks for sharing
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Thank you kindly. 🙏
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Beautiful set of light and flower images, John. I love waterlily, the last image is like a beautiful painting. 🙂
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the #8 of the 9 photos.
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🙏 thank you 🙏
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A splendid selection of images for this challenge, John. Your IPhone camera does a nice job.
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Thank you Sue!
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Love the reflections on the water lily pond.
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Thank you. They were beautiful that day!
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Wonderful, especially the reflections
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Thank you I. J. It was a good day for reflections.
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Well, we have plenty light here in Arizona almost every day, so I really, really, really appreciate a cloudy and even rainy day on the infrequent days they arrive. I do love botanical gardens, so thanks for sharing these beautiful flowers from this one. Hard to pick a favorite but I think the water lily shot in the middle left column and then the middle and right ones in the last row. Thanks for making my day more cheerful and beautiful.
janet
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Thank you kindly for your thoughtful comments. The water lilies were in top form that day.
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Ah, you made my morning, John – rain here. You brought the light!
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🙏
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Beautiful photos of light upon the flowers, John.
I love going to the botanical gardens. They always have
the best flowers displays. It’s been raining everyday for
the last few weeks. I’d be fortunate to get 2 hours of walking
at any park. Thanks for taking me along. I enjoyed it very much.
Stay Safe 😷 Isadora 😎
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Thank you Isadora.
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“Plethora” is one of my favorite words! And you have a plethora of well lit images. The cloud/lily pad reflections is my favorite.
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😂🙏
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😁
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Good One.
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